Advanced Materials

Handbags made of mushroom leather and biodegradable foodware are two examples of how white biotechnology can produce functional products that look good. With the right input feedstock, such as biomass or gases, and the right fermentation processes, the outputs of white biotechnology processes can be utilized in textiles, chemicals, and fuels.

Atomis is a Japanese start-up manufacturing porous materials such as metal-organic frameworks.

Forecasts taken from IDTechEx report "Antenna in Package (AiP) for 5G and 6G 2024-2034: Technologies, Trends, Markets"

This premium article explores metal-organic frameworks for carbon capture.

With the growing hydrogen economy, proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells are the subject of ongoing innovation, especially in terms of materials development. Dominant incumbent materials are seen for certain components, but alternative competitive options are emerging, and the technology landscape is beginning to shift.

This premium article discusses composite battery enclosures and fire protection.

Thursday 15 February 2024 - The Upwards Trajectory of Low-Loss Materials for Future Telecommunications - Identify key factors in 5G deployment affecting demand for low-loss materials; Consider important types of low-loss materials for 5G; Explore trends influencing the development of low-loss materials for 6G; Present IDTechEx's market outlook for the industry

Mosaic Materials is a developer of direct air capture technology using metal-organic frameworks (MOF) adsorbent filters.

BASF is a German multinational chemical company and the largest chemical producer in the world. IDTechEx spoke to BASF to learn more about some of its metal-organic framework manufacturing capabilities.

This premium article discusses busbar insulation and polymers as fire protection.

Ten years ago, the 3D printing landscape was in the midst of its first big boom. With the 2009 expiration of a key Stratasys patent that covered thermoplastic filament extrusion technology, desktop filament printers were taking off, buoyed by new disrupters like Makerbot.

The 16th annual Automotive World was held at Big Sight, Tokyo, from 24th-26th January 2024. The conference was co-located with a number of other conferences including NEPCON, the Wearable Expo, Smart Logistics and Factory Innovation Week. The Automotive World conference featured over 1,650 exhibitors and saw 85,000 visitors attend, according to official metrics published by the conference organisers. The focus of this event summary will be for fuel cell technologies and components featured at EV Japan.

Innovation map of EV fire protection material benchmarking.

Smart devices, autonomous driving, remote patient monitoring - countless new applications are being unlocked by advancements in telecommunication technology, specifically the transition to 5G. 5G telecommunications introduces two new frequency bands: sub-6 GHz (3.5 - 7 GHz) and mmWave (24 - 71 GHz).

Green Science Alliance is a developer of metal-organic frameworks and advanced materials for applications in energy and environmental science.

In this premium article, IDTechEx will show a few exhibitions from CES 2024 on next-generation displays based on emerging technologies, with special features (especially transparency) or targeting for TV-alternative applications.

Innovation map for the benchmarking and outlook of commercial low-loss materials for 5G.

2Pi Optics is a recent MIT spinout developing metamaterial lenses. IDTechEx met the company at CES 2024, where it was showing off its single element metasurface fisheye lens.

Fujipoly is primarily a thermal interface material (TIM) manufacturer established in 1978 and headquartered in Nagoya, Japan. At Nepcon 2024, IDTechEx spoke to Fujipoly about its materials under development for fire protection in electric vehicle (EV) batteries.

Promethean Particles is a UK-based chemical manufacturing company, with a focus on industrial scale production of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs).